Next Door to Normal: 21

Saturday, February 19, 2011

21 - Part II

Sam, Beer and Thomas the Tank Engine

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Anonymous said...: I love it! It looks like you guys had such a great time celebrating the big 2-1! :) Elizabeth has the Thomas cake pan set she bought to make her godson Thomas the Tank Engine cakes for his birthdays when he was tiny. He's turning 14 now, and it's funny to think that maybe in the not-so-distant future, we'll be making another Thomas cake and toasting his 21st!
Happy birthday, Sam!; February 19, 2011 at 12:10 PM

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My Bedside Table

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford Reading this one for book club and so far enjoying it.
Every Last One - Anna Quindlen Generally I love AQ, she's a wonderful writer but this novel is killing me. I've been having nightmares. Thanks Patti.
The Kings of the Earth - Jon Clinch So, so good. I loved Finn and I'm loving this one as well. He's an amazing writer.
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service-Blaine, Hill & McCubbin Fascinating and tragic account of the assasination
Nothing Daunted-Dorothy Wickenden Not as good as I'd hoped or as big a deal as the hype but enjoyable
The House at Riverton-Kate Morton Another delicious novel from KM
Drinking Life-Pete Hamill As always, wonderful stuff from Mr. Hamill. I love the way he writes.
Weird Sisters-Eleanor Brown The story of 3 sisters and their Shakespeare scholar father, Really liked it!
Ireland-Frank Delaney Another Irish history novel but this one all about the tradition of story telling.
Bossypants-Tina Fey What can I say? I'm loving it.
Ghosts of Belfast-Stuart Neville Still on the Irish kick but this one is grittier.
The Forgotten Garden-Kate Morton LOVED it! My favorite novel in a long time.
1916 A Novel of the Irish Rebellion-Morgan Llywelyn I'm kind of obsessed with Irish history at the moment
Snow in August-Pete Hamill Loved this novel and want to read more by PH
Sin in the Second City-Karen Abott The true story of the most famous brothel in early 20th century Chicago
House Rules-Jodi Picoult Her books are always interesting and enjoyable
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake-Aimee Bender Really different and I liked it a lot. My new book club meets in April and I'm looking forward to the discussion
Galway Bay-Mary Pat Kelly An interesting story of Irish diaspora with an Illinois connection
American Wife-Curtis Sittenfeld One of the best novels I read in 2010. At the end of it, I kind of liked W but really liked Laura. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, is worth a look too.
The Happiness Project-Gretchen Rubin Reading her book is a great way to start off the new year!
Loving Frank-Nancy Horan We just visited Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park a few months ago. He was a genius but such a jerk! Fascinating read.
Fly Away Home-Jennifer Weiner Her novels are like a delicious treat. I eat them up quickly so enjoy them.
Scout, Atticus & Boo-Mary McDonagh Murphy This is a nice little collection of essays about the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It's interesting to read famous folk's take on this iconic novel. and timely too since we read it this semester in Soph English.
Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul-Judith Valente & Charles Reynard I just keep revisiting this little book, written by a local judge.
Finn - Jon Clinch I love novels that take an existing piece of literature but look at it from a different angle. This novel presents the backstory of Pap, Huck Finn's nasty character of a father. The author manages to echo Twain's style without going overboard. Loving it!
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert For some reason I was reluctant to read this but I loved every minute of it. I'm both excited and hesitant to see the movie.
Hellraisers - Robert Sellers This is one of those books you pick up and read a chapter at a time. It's about Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed and all their crazy, drunken exploits. Whew!

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

21 - Part II

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